STEM NEEDS GO-KART SOLUTIONS
FORMULA 1 great Lewis Hamilton stated he was bullied because of his size and being mixed-race but when he started racing go-karts he finally felt he now could stand up for himself because it then became about talent.
STEM programs for girls don't have that go-kart.
STEM programs don't have that go-kart to create that all-inclusive atmosphere for many students to get that opportunity.
Why not?!
STEM programs go up and down...depending on funding or having that fabulous teacher. When both disappear, the STEM program is weakened.
Why?!
It doesn't have that go-cart...that one key consistent item.
We developed ADAPTIVE STEM INSTRUMENTS to create that go-kart for STEM. We are starting with a novel K-12 SPECTROSCOPY.
Why Spectroscopy?!
The fundamentals of spectroscopy are involved in many areas, including quantum computing, Space exploration, military purposes, developing cancer treatments, Strategic Metals, testing waters, and prescription fraud detection.
True, spectroscopy is mostly inaccessible as an educational instrument as they are:
- an abstract because of their black-box design,
- can be expensive to own,
- can be expensive to replace therefore eliminating children-hands-on-uses while creating yet another FOR-TEACHER-USE-ONLY instrument,
- not upgradeable,
- does not grow with the students‘ knowledge as they move from grade to grade,
- Right-To-Repair is ignored,
- they are not Open-Sourced, and
- no/weak teacher training.
Our approach has currently 25 benefits to STEM programs. It is why the concept of our novel spectroscopy under ADAPTIVE STEM INSTRUMENTS makes STEM sense.
A closer step to adding more pieces to that STEM puzzle.
Our Adaptive STEM approach, a GO-KART MODEL, hits the underserved STEM groups such as girls.
Tons of STEM programs and approaches exist, tons! Tons of academic papers in this area exist, tons!
So why does this project exist?!
Because they all fail to address that missing GO-KART MODEL for girls in STEM. We provide that missing link.
- Support K-12 educators in effectively teaching and engaging girls in STEM in classroom or afterschool settings.
- Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model, but which is not yet serving anyone
See images: (1) testing Visual Light range with color changes and intensity; and (2) four-layer test board & debugger [not fully assembled yet] that is more efficient than breadboards for testing.
Market financial strategies: we are not building this as a factory...that would defeat the Adaptive STEM Instrument purpose, but providing the blueprint.
With and as Professors [to include volunteering as Affiliate Faculty] and staff.
Our go-kart solution for this project is spectroscopy:
Spectroscopy is mostly inaccessible as an educational instrument as they are:
- an abstract because of their black-box design,
- can be expensive to own,
- can be expensive to replace therefore eliminating children-hands-on-uses while creating yet another FOR-TEACHER-USE-ONLY instrument,
- not upgradeable,
- does not grow with the students‘ knowledge as they move from grade to grade,
- Right-To-Repair is ignored,
- they are not Open-Sourced, and
- no/weak teacher training.
Our proposed concept has currently 25 benefits to STEM programs. It is why the concept of our novel spectroscopy under ADAPTIVE STEM INSTRUMENTS makes STEM sense.
To have this go-kart strategy for not only STEM programs to adopt, but also for those programs to improve on it and provide those improvement to other STEM programs...an OPEN-STEM project.
It's simple...those interested in this go-kart approach and purchase the blueprint, to include them telling others about this go-kart approach.
University professors are complaining about the incoming students are great at memorizing tons of information from their high school years, but lack the skills in thinking and trouble-shooting.
The STEM Spectroscopy helps with the thinking and trouble-shooting process as it is not the typical science/technology/engineering/math "follow these instructions and pretend you learned something and write about it."
Tech-based. Without giving away current proprietary information, it involves microcontrollers and associated electronic parts to include IoT-related parts and 3D printing. STEM projects should be beyond tape and paper towels to learn about a physics concept, or following printed instructions to build a robot.
- A new business model or process that relies on technology to be successful
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Big Data
- Biotechnology / Bioengineering
- Imaging and Sensor Technology
- Internet of Things
- Manufacturing Technology
- Materials Science
- Robotics and Drones
- Software and Mobile Applications
- Hybrid of for-profit and nonprofit
Only need four currently.
One year.
At southern New Mexico, so having women, Hispanics [Puerto Ricans and Mexicans], Native Americans [to include those from Hawaii], African Americans [to include those who are from an African nation] is not an issue. Grew up where mixed everything was common, this includes basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin. Having said the above, we discriminate against those who discriminate; even former/current MIT science professors who stated based on nonsense [not even real evidence, though, that also does not exist in their justification against women] that women cannot handle large labs...they discriminated against MIT women researchers for having a large(er) lab/staff. MIT really?! For shame! [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/0...]
Blueprint strategy for STEM programs will be the business model.
- Organizations (B2B)
Selling the blueprints. Perhaps government or corporate grants if those match what we are doing.
None yet. If we have, we would not have the need for MIT Solve, however, as noted above it will be through blueprint selling.
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